Supervisory Border Patrol agent and Rio Grande Valley sector chaplain Robert Hess heads into the brush in search of undocumented migrants in McAllen, Texas, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News The Border Patrol chaplaincy program emerged in the late 1990s after the agency experienced an unprecedented number of line-of-duty deaths. It remains a critical service for an agency that has the highest rate of suicide in law enforcement Justine Olsommer was 27 when she left her native Pennsylvania for the Rio Grande Valley to join the Border Patrol. Her father’s death from an unexpected heart attack was seven years behind her; relocating put the event far away. But something about Olsommer’s new life as a Border...
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This tutorial was originally published on Crafting a Green World in 2017. If you sew, and especially if you love to upcycle, the upcycled denim skirt is a rite of passage. Here's how to make one! You will need: well-fitting pair of blue jeans. Maybe they have holes in the knees that you don't want to patch. Maybe they're too short, and you don't want to sew on a cuff or a ruffle. Whatever the reason for converting them into a skirt, they should fit well in the waist. thread and sewing needle for denim. I like using the extra-strong thread made especially for denim, and you'll need an extra-sharp needle for your sewing machine. decorative fabric scrap (optional). You can piece together the front...
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Hmm -- I discovered something this morning when I woke up. I've had a wee issue with some muscles in my neck, and I noticed that they were significantly less when I was at the retreat, even though I was sewing a lot. Could it be my pillow? My pillow isn't as thick and fluffy as the one at the retreat house - perhaps I need to try a new pillow. But I was off to the gym this morning! There are so few people at 5:30 AM. Well, yesterday was a great day! In the morning, I had commented that I would leave at 2:00 PM or whenever I finished my quilt top, whichever came first. In case are you're...
